Antonyms for unseat


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-seet
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsit


Definition of unseat

Origin :
  • 1590s, "to throw down from a seat" (especially on horseback), from un- (2) + seat (v.). Meaning "to deprive of rank or office" is attested from 1610s; especially of elected office in a representative body from 1834. Related: Unseated; unseating.
  • verb unsaddle
  • verb oust
  • verb remove from office
Example sentences :
  • Like a good pose in the saddle, nothing could ever unseat the equanimity of Elizabeth.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • Shall the word of such a one as Macer the Christian, unseat my trust in such a one as Fronto?
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • It means when you are through That you don't want your daddy to Unseat you, as he used to do.
  • Extract from : « Bib Ballads » by Ring W. Lardner
  • There was not a horse on the plantation, nor in the county which could unseat him.
  • Extract from : « The Story of John Paul Jones » by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
  • The horses tried every means to unseat their rider, but in vain.
  • Extract from : « Redskin and Cow-Boy » by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
  • How impossible it all looked—to unseat from this high rock the Empire of France!
  • Extract from : « The Seats Of The Mighty, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • I struggled, but the snow was soft and I sank the deeper, and could not unseat her.
  • Extract from : « The Little Red Foot » by Robert W. Chambers
  • But all the bull's furious bucking and jumping could not unseat the rider.
  • Extract from : « A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open » by Theodore Roosevelt
  • Some day he will go back and endeavour to unseat the individual who supplanted him.
  • Extract from : « The Kidnapped President » by Guy Boothby
  • It took an upheaval little short of an earthquake to unseat him.
  • Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells

Synonyms for unseat

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